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6 p.m. on FOOD

Holiday Baking Championship

In a new episode called “Make New Friends, but Keep the Old,” the six remaining bakers make tasty treats for guests who must be mindful of a dietary restriction. Then, host Jesse Palmer challenges the competitors to update an assigned vintage holiday dessert to create a new Christmas season delight.

7 p.m. on ABC

A Very Boy Band Holiday

This new holiday music special assembles an all-star cast of fan-favorite performers from boy bands past and present to sing some of their biggest yuletide hits and generally celebrate the season with reminiscences and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations. Expect some surprise guests to figure in the mix as well, although details on the featured performers and their songs will be announced at a later date.

7 p.m. on HBO

Landscapers

Oscar and Emmy winner Olivia Colman (The Crown) and Emmy nominee David Thewlis (Fargo) star in this new darkly comic four-part crime drama, which was inspired by actual events. The pair play Susan and Chris Edwards, a seemingly ordinary British couple who find themselves rudely thrust into the spotlight of a wild investigation after two corpses are discovered in the back garden of a house in Nottingham. Will Sharpe, who costarred with Colman in the quirky Britcom Flowers, directed this limited series. Another Flowers cast member, Daniel Rigby, co-stars.

9 p.m. on NBC

Michael Bublé’s Christmas in the City

It’s been 10 years since Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Bublé, pictured, released his festive album Christmas, which subsequently spent five weeks in the No. 1 spot of the Billboard 200 list. The endearing crooner celebrates that anniversary in this new one-hour holiday special, which delivers a blend of comedy, music and solid-gold Christmas spirit, dispensed from Rockefeller Center’s storied Studio 8H in New York.